[Ccarc] Tesla program on History channels' "Modern Marvels"

[Tom Murray]

History Channel Show to Feature Nikola Tesla
(May 7, 2008)
-- Modern Marvels, a series on The History Channel, will feature electricity pioneer Nikola Tesla in an episode
scheduled to air May 14. Helping out with the program was Bob "Loby"
Lobenstein, WA2AXZ; Lobenstein is General Superintendent, Power
Operations for New York City's subway system. "We did 8 hours of taping
interviews at my 1904 power substation," Lobenstein said. "In addition
to the action scenes of me throwing the 100 year old switches and
demonstrating the use of power, I did a 'Mr Wizard' talk, showing the
various things that 'Mr T' envisioned and invented. Of course, radio
had a part and I just had to put the D-104 mic with our club's K2IRT
shield into view!" According to The History Channel, Tesla's
"...bizarre vision of the future brought him failure, but his genius
electrified the world. Travel to Niagara Falls, where in 1893, Tesla
installed his new system of Alternating Electrical Current known as AC
-- the same power we use today. Uncover the forgotten ruins of Tesla's
dream experiment -- a huge tower on Long Island Sound he hoped would
wirelessly power the world. Radar, death rays, invisibility devices and
earthquake machines: Tesla claimed to have created them all. More than
100 years ago Tesla foresaw the need for alternative energies like
geothermal and solar." Check the The History Channel Web site for show times.

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